Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
26/02/2001
Date of Amendment
26/02/2001
Name of Property
Pets Corner
Address
5d-6 Market Street
Unitary Authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Location
At the N end of the shops on the ground floor of Market Chambers
History
Built in 1890 as the Town Hall and Town Hall Chambers, replacing the earlier market building adjoining to the W, by the local architect Thomas Rowlands. The hall later became known as the Lesser Town Hall and served as a Music Hall and cinema. It became a clothes market in 1988 and is now re-named The Arcade.
Reason for designation
Listed for architectural interest as a late Victorian public building retaining original character, and for group value with the Old Market Hall and Market Tavern Hotel.
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